Ansel Park Senior Living

From Assistant to Director, meet the incredible Kristian Pardo, Independent Living Lifestyles Director, at Adante Senior Living in San Antonio, Texas. Read more about her story in our latest I Am Sagora feature below! #IamSagora #ResidentFirst https://hubs.ly/H0HPVX00

March came in like a LION at Ansel Park as we hosted our first Vodka Tasting! Residents like our beloved couple, Stu and Mary Ellen, had the opportunity to try various vodkas. Sample vodkas included traditional Russian Vodka, French Vodka made from grapes, and flavored vodkas from watermelon to chocolate. Cheers to spring! ... #happymarch #independentlivingfun *Please note: our residents are not required to wear facemasks while eating or drinking.

Can you guess what mayor has a park dedicated to him that also has a GIANT CRAB in the middle of the park? Need a hint? He lives at Ansel Park Independent Living.

Today is Self Injury Awareness Day, it is an international event and is recognized across the globe. Raising awareness about self-injury is incredibly important and leads to understanding and empathy, banishing judgment and fear, and reducing the number of people who feel alone and suffer in silence. If you're in a crisis, text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime. This will go to Crisis Text Line which provides completely free 24/7 support. #SelfInjuryAwarenessDay

Let's share the love this February! Ansel Park Assisted Living and Memory Care is pleased to announce thier February Gift Emporium! Explore our variety of gift options for your loved ones in the flyer below. Please contact our community at (916) 250-0770 and ask for Kim Adams!

Meet Audrey, resident at The Viera Senior Living in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a World War II Veteran who recently celebrated her 100th birthday! Learn more about her fascinating story in the link below! #ResidentShowcase #centenarian #100yearsofcelebration https://hubs.ly/H0Hjsb40

Yesterday we celebrated 100% vaccinated against COVID-19 at Ansel Park Independent Living! Thank you to Sagora Senior Living for the balloons and the hard work behind the scenes to set up our vaccine clinics. We are forever grateful!

Welcome to our Culinary Corner! We will be featuring delicious recipes prepared by our Culinary teams from across our communities. Check out this week's featured recipe from Culinary Director, Mark Simotas, at Landon Ridge Kingwood in Kingwood, Texas, in the link below! Bon Appétit! https://hubs.ly/H0G6FxZ0

Meet our Ansel Park Independent Living Grime Fighters! Our Housekeeping/Maintenance Team is busy fighting grime one day at a time!

Today we took our best "Whack at COVID-19" at Ansel Park Independent Living! #anselparkstrong

Happy Halloween, all you ghouls and goblins! We wish you a day of a few tricks and lots of treats and spooky fun. Don't forget to mask up!

Meet Albertha Bert Johnson, our Assisted Living Lifestyle Director at The Westmore located in Westworth Village, Texas. Her job is to plan vibrant, active events for our residents, build and maintain relationships with them and to ensure that our residents’ mental wellness needs are met. Read more about Bert and her passion for seniors in our latest I Am Sagora feature here! #IAmSagora #SagoraStrong https://hubs.ly/H0y_L7g0

For this week’s Memory Care feature, we’d like to focus on ways to celebrate Halloween with your loved one while working within their Alzheimer’s or dementia diagnosis. Our philosophy for celebrating Halloween is to hold the spooky but keep the fun! Find out our recommended activities in the link below! https://hubs.ly/H0y_D-t0

You never know who you will find hanging out poolside at Ansel Park Independent Living. This beautiful guy just needed to soak his feet before heading off to his next adventure.

Our residents are finding new and creative ways to have fun in our communities through COVID-19. Find out what hobbies they are taking up during this unique time in this week's Silver Linings feature below! https://hubs.ly/H0yT1X10

Meet Sallie K., one of our residents at Waterview Senior Living in Granbury, Texas. Anyone that’s lived at the community for any length of time knows her. Anyone that knows Sallie, loves her. She is very funny, quick-witted, and just beyond precious. We are so proud to call her one of our residents, and we’re even prouder that she calls our community home. Read more about Sallie and her life journey in our latest Resident Showcase feature! https://hubs.ly/H0yxYdl0

For this week’s Memory Care feature, we’d like to focus on how exercise benefits those with Alzheimer’s and how you can implement exercise with your loved one at home. Find out more about these benefits and what methods we use at our Memory Care communities in the link below! https://hubs.ly/H0ytRZh0

YOU'RE INVITED! Ansel Park Senior Living invites you to our Drive-Thru Trick-or-Treat Halloween event. See our flyer for additional information!

Meet Helen, a resident at The Viera in Corpus Christi, Texas. After being inspired by a Pay It Forward initiative in the community, she decided to put her sewing skills to work and made a goal to sew 100 facemasks! We are inspired by her acts of selflessness and know that when people come together for the collective good, wonderful things can happen in a chain reaction. Read more about her story in the link below! https://hubs.ly/H0ylbgL0

For this week’s Memory Care feature, we’d like to share one of our residents’ favorite recipes that incorporate some of the ingredients that are recommended for those with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Find out more about this wonderful recipe and the ingredients that help fight off cognitive decline in the link below! https://hubs.ly/H0y6b4g0

It was a perfect evening for a clambake poolside at Ansel Park Independent Living. Residents dined poolside with live entertainment by Alvin. Good times and good friends all around!

In times of collective adversity, it’s not uncommon to see individuals step up and volunteer their time and talents to those in need. Meet one of our residents at The Brennity at Fairhope in Fairhope, Alabama, who recently crocheted over 100 afghan throws to donate to a local homeless shelter for the upcoming winter season. Learn more about her story in our feature below! https://hubs.ly/H0x_brM0

We get by with a little help from our friends! Thank you to Hot Chili Cool Cars Club for swinging by our Ansel Park Independent Living community this week! Our residents pulled out their lawn chairs and watched the classic cars roll by. We also want to send a special thank you to the Rocklin Police Department for the safe escort!